Beautiful Accent

He had a beautiful accentI fall for it every timeWith his dark foreign waysWhen we made love it was Simply divine

He had a beautiful accentI’m a sucker for love from afarI believed him when he said I love you like moon and like star

His manners were perfect And he adored culture and artI mistook culture and mannersFor strength of the heartAnd I thought I could leave all my family And make a new homeI find myself homelessSo I sit here all alone

And I failed to see The heart is the same Wherever you goAnd I failed to see That I said yesWhen I should have said no

He had a beautiful accentI won’t tell you where he was from Now I’ll know a good heart when I see oneFrom now on

He had a beautiful accentI’d listen to him by the hourAnd I couldn’t see darkness upon itAnd my light he’d devourAnd his beautiful words disguised thoughts thatI never have seenAnd I struggled with love that I’m not sure Should ever have been

But I failed to see The heart is the same Wherever you goAnd I failed to see That I said yesWhen I should have said no

He had a beautiful accentI won’t tell you where he was from Now I’ll know a good heart when I see oneFrom now on

Written for a dear friend who was not so lucky in love at the time...Copyright 2012 River Productions, Melbourne Australia.